Standard Lemma guide

Kazakh

adj · name · noun · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /kəˈzak/
  • UK: /kəˈzɑːk/
  • UK: /ˈkazak/
  • US: /kəˈzɑk/
  • US: /kəˈzæk/
  • US: /ˈkæzæk/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɑːk
  • CMU ARPABET: K AE1 Z AE0 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Of, from, or pertaining to Kazakhstan, the Kazakh people or the Kazakh language.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Kazakhstani

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

Alternative form of Gazakh.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, alternative

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A person from Kazakhstan or of that descent.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Kazakhstani

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

The national language of Kazakhstan.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

the Turkic language spoken by the Kazak

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Kazak

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: Turki, Turkic, Turko-Tatar, Turkic language

6

noun

Meaning 6

a landlocked republic to the south of Russia and to the northeast of the Caspian Sea; the original Turkic-speaking inhabitants were overrun by Mongols in the 13th century; an Asian soviet from 1936 to 1991

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Kazakhstan, Republic of Kazakhstan, Kazakstan, Kazak

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: Asian country, Asian nation

7

noun

Meaning 7

a Muslim who is a member of a Turkic people of western Asia (especially in Kazakstan)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Kazak

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: Turki

History

Etymology

From Russian каза́х (kazáx), from Kazakh қазақ (qazaq). Cognate with Cossack, ultimately from Turkic languages.

Borrowed from Russian Каза́х (Kazáx).

Across languages

Translations

215 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: Kazaks — pertaining to the Kazakh people or the Kazakh language
  • Afrikaans: Kazachs — pertaining to the Kazakh people or the Kazakh language
  • Albanian: kazah — pertaining to the Kazakh people or the Kazakh language
  • Albanian: kazak — pertaining to the Kazakh people or the Kazakh language
  • Arabic: كَازَاخِيّ (kāzāḵiyy) — pertaining to the Kazakh people or the Kazakh language
  • Armenian: ղազախական (ġazaxakan) — pertaining to the Kazakh people or the Kazakh language
  • Asturian: kazaquistanín — pertaining to the Kazakh people or the Kazakh language
  • Asturian: kazakstanín — pertaining to the Kazakh people or the Kazakh language
  • Asturian: kazaku — pertaining to the Kazakh people or the Kazakh language
  • Azerbaijani: qazax — pertaining to the Kazakh people or the Kazakh language
  • Bashkir: ҡаҙаҡ (qaźaq) — pertaining to the Kazakh people or the Kazakh language
  • Belarusian: каза́хскі (kazáxski) — pertaining to the Kazakh people or the Kazakh language
  • Belarusian: каза́скі (kazáski) — pertaining to the Kazakh people or the Kazakh language
  • Bengali: কাজাখ (kajakh) — pertaining to the Kazakh people or the Kazakh language
  • Bulgarian: каза́хски (kazáhski) — pertaining to the Kazakh people or the Kazakh language
  • Catalan: kazakh — pertaining to the Kazakh people or the Kazakh language
  • Chinese: хазах (hazah) — pertaining to the Kazakh people or the Kazakh language
  • Chinese Mandarin: 哈薩克的 /哈萨克的 (hāsàkè de) — pertaining to the Kazakh people or the Kazakh language
  • East Circassian: казах (kazax) — pertaining to the Kazakh people or the Kazakh language
  • Czech: kazašský — pertaining to the Kazakh people or the Kazakh language
  • Danish: kasakhisk — pertaining to the Kazakh people or the Kazakh language
  • Dutch: Kazachs — pertaining to the Kazakh people or the Kazakh language
  • Esperanto: kazaĥa — pertaining to the Kazakh people or the Kazakh language
  • Estonian: kasahhi — pertaining to the Kazakh people or the Kazakh language
  • Finnish: kazakkilainen — pertaining to the Kazakh people or the Kazakh language
  • French: kazakh — pertaining to the Kazakh people or the Kazakh language
  • Georgian: ყაზახური (q̇azaxuri) — pertaining to the Kazakh people or the Kazakh language
  • German: kasachisch — pertaining to the Kazakh people or the Kazakh language
  • Greek: καζακικός (kazakikós) — pertaining to the Kazakh people or the Kazakh language
  • Hindi: कज़ाख़ (kazāx) — pertaining to the Kazakh people or the Kazakh language
  • Hindi: क़ज़्ज़ाक़ (qazzāq) — pertaining to the Kazakh people or the Kazakh language
  • Hungarian: kazak — pertaining to the Kazakh people or the Kazakh language
  • Hungarian: kazah — pertaining to the Kazakh people or the Kazakh language
  • Irish: Casacach — pertaining to the Kazakh people or the Kazakh language
  • Irish: Casaicise — pertaining to the Kazakh people or the Kazakh language
  • Japanese: カザフの (kazafu no) — pertaining to the Kazakh people or the Kazakh language
  • Kazakh: қазақ (qazaq) — pertaining to the Kazakh people or the Kazakh language
  • Khmer: កាហ្សាក់ (kaazak) — pertaining to the Kazakh people or the Kazakh language
  • Korean: 카자흐의 (kajaheu-ui) — pertaining to the Kazakh people or the Kazakh language
  • Kyrgyz: казак (kazak) — pertaining to the Kazakh people or the Kazakh language
  • Latvian: kazahu — pertaining to the Kazakh people or the Kazakh language
  • Latvian: kazahisks — pertaining to the Kazakh people or the Kazakh language
  • Lithuanian: kazachų — pertaining to the Kazakh people or the Kazakh language
  • Lithuanian: kazachiškas — pertaining to the Kazakh people or the Kazakh language
  • Macedonian: казашки (kazaški) — pertaining to the Kazakh people or the Kazakh language
  • Malay: Kazakh — pertaining to the Kazakh people or the Kazakh language
  • Mongolian: казах (kazax) — pertaining to the Kazakh people or the Kazakh language
  • Mongolian: хасаг (xasag) — pertaining to the Kazakh people or the Kazakh language
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kasakhstansk — pertaining to the Kazakh people or the Kazakh language
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kasakhstansk — pertaining to the Kazakh people or the Kazakh language
  • Pashto: قزاقي — pertaining to the Kazakh people or the Kazakh language
  • Persian: قزاقی (qazâqi) — pertaining to the Kazakh people or the Kazakh language
  • Persian: کزاخی (kazâxi) — pertaining to the Kazakh people or the Kazakh language
  • Polish: kazachski — pertaining to the Kazakh people or the Kazakh language
  • Polish: kazaski — pertaining to the Kazakh people or the Kazakh language
  • Polish: kazachstański — pertaining to the Kazakh people or the Kazakh language
  • Portuguese: cazaque — pertaining to the Kazakh people or the Kazakh language
  • Romanian: kazah — pertaining to the Kazakh people or the Kazakh language
  • Russian: каза́хский (kazáxskij) — pertaining to the Kazakh people or the Kazakh language
  • Serbo-Croatian: казашки — pertaining to the Kazakh people or the Kazakh language
  • Serbo-Croatian: kazaški — pertaining to the Kazakh people or the Kazakh language
  • Slovak: kazašský — pertaining to the Kazakh people or the Kazakh language
  • Slovene: kazaški — pertaining to the Kazakh people or the Kazakh language
  • Spanish: kazajo — pertaining to the Kazakh people or the Kazakh language
  • Swedish: kazakisk — pertaining to the Kazakh people or the Kazakh language
  • Tajik: қазоқӣ (qazoqi) — pertaining to the Kazakh people or the Kazakh language
  • Tatar: казакъ (qazaq) — pertaining to the Kazakh people or the Kazakh language
  • Turkish: Kazak — pertaining to the Kazakh people or the Kazakh language
  • Turkmen: gazak — pertaining to the Kazakh people or the Kazakh language
  • Ukrainian: каза́хський (kazáxsʹkyj) — pertaining to the Kazakh people or the Kazakh language
  • Urdu: قازق (qāzaq) — pertaining to the Kazakh people or the Kazakh language
  • Uyghur: قازاق (qazaq) — pertaining to the Kazakh people or the Kazakh language
  • Uzbek: qozoq — pertaining to the Kazakh people or the Kazakh language
  • Afrikaans: Kazak — a person from Kazakhstan or of that descent
  • Afrikaans: Kazach — a person from Kazakhstan or of that descent
  • Albanian: kazah — a person from Kazakhstan or of that descent
  • Albanian: kazak — a person from Kazakhstan or of that descent
  • Southern Altai: казак (kazak) — a person from Kazakhstan or of that descent
  • Arabic: قَزَاقِيّ (qazāqiyy) — a person from Kazakhstan or of that descent
  • Arabic: قَزَاقِيَّة (qazāqiyya) — a person from Kazakhstan or of that descent
  • Arabic: قَزَاق (qazāq) — a person from Kazakhstan or of that descent
  • Armenian: ղազախ (ġazax) — a person from Kazakhstan or of that descent
  • Asturian: kazaquistanín — a person from Kazakhstan or of that descent
  • Asturian: kazakstanín — a person from Kazakhstan or of that descent
  • Asturian: kazaku — a person from Kazakhstan or of that descent
  • Asturian: kazaquistanina — a person from Kazakhstan or of that descent
  • Asturian: kazakstanina — a person from Kazakhstan or of that descent
  • Asturian: kazaka — a person from Kazakhstan or of that descent
  • Azerbaijani: qazax — a person from Kazakhstan or of that descent
  • Bashkir: ҡаҙаҡ (qaźaq) — a person from Kazakhstan or of that descent
  • Belarusian: каза́х (kazáx) — a person from Kazakhstan or of that descent
  • Belarusian: каза́шка (kazáška) — a person from Kazakhstan or of that descent
  • Bulgarian: каза́х (kazáh) — a person from Kazakhstan or of that descent
  • Catalan: kazakh — a person from Kazakhstan or of that descent
  • Chagatai: قزاق — a person from Kazakhstan or of that descent
  • Chinese: хазах (hazah) — a person from Kazakhstan or of that descent
  • Chinese Mandarin: 哈薩克人 /哈萨克人 (Hɑ̄sɑ̀kèrén) — a person from Kazakhstan or of that descent
  • East Circassian: казах (kazax) — a person from Kazakhstan or of that descent
  • Czech: Kazach — a person from Kazakhstan or of that descent
  • Czech: Kazaška — a person from Kazakhstan or of that descent
  • Danish: kasakher — a person from Kazakhstan or of that descent
  • Dutch: Kazak — a person from Kazakhstan or of that descent
  • Esperanto: kazaĥo — a person from Kazakhstan or of that descent
  • Finnish: kazakki — a person from Kazakhstan or of that descent
  • French: Kazakh — a person from Kazakhstan or of that descent
  • French: Kazakhe — a person from Kazakhstan or of that descent
  • Georgian: ყაზახი (q̇azaxi) — a person from Kazakhstan or of that descent
  • German: Kasache — a person from Kazakhstan or of that descent
  • German: Kasachin — a person from Kazakhstan or of that descent
  • Greek: Καζάκος (Kazákos) — a person from Kazakhstan or of that descent
  • Greek: Καζάκα (Kazáka) — a person from Kazakhstan or of that descent
  • Hindi: कज़ाख़ (kazāx) — a person from Kazakhstan or of that descent
  • Hungarian: kazak — a person from Kazakhstan or of that descent
  • Hungarian: kazah — a person from Kazakhstan or of that descent
  • Irish: Casacach — a person from Kazakhstan or of that descent
  • Japanese: カザフ人 (kazafujin) — a person from Kazakhstan or of that descent
  • Kalmyk: хасг (xasg) — a person from Kazakhstan or of that descent
  • Khakas: хазах (xazax) — a person from Kazakhstan or of that descent
  • Korean: 카자흐스탄인 (kajaheuseutanin) — a person from Kazakhstan or of that descent
  • Korean: 카자흐스탄 사람 (kajaheuseutan saram) — a person from Kazakhstan or of that descent
  • Kyrgyz: казак (kazak) — a person from Kazakhstan or of that descent
  • Latvian: kazahs — a person from Kazakhstan or of that descent
  • Latvian: kazahiete — a person from Kazakhstan or of that descent
  • Lithuanian: kazachas — a person from Kazakhstan or of that descent
  • Manchu: ᡥᠠᠰᠠᡴ (hasak) — a person from Kazakhstan or of that descent
  • Mongolian: казах (kazax) — a person from Kazakhstan or of that descent
  • Mongolian: хасаг (xasag) — a person from Kazakhstan or of that descent
  • Mongolian: ᠬᠠᠰᠠᠭ (qasaɣ) — a person from Kazakhstan or of that descent
  • Mongolian: ᠺᠠᠽᠠᠭ (kazaɣ) — a person from Kazakhstan or of that descent
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kasakhstaner — a person from Kazakhstan or of that descent
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kasakhstanar — a person from Kazakhstan or of that descent
  • Persian: قزاق (qazzâq) — a person from Kazakhstan or of that descent
  • Persian: کزاخ (kazâx) — a person from Kazakhstan or of that descent
  • Polish: Kazach — a person from Kazakhstan or of that descent
  • Polish: Kazaszka — a person from Kazakhstan or of that descent
  • Portuguese: cazaque — a person from Kazakhstan or of that descent
  • Romanian: kazah — a person from Kazakhstan or of that descent
  • Romanian: kazahă — a person from Kazakhstan or of that descent
  • Russian: каза́х (kazáx) — a person from Kazakhstan or of that descent
  • Russian: каза́шка (kazáška) — a person from Kazakhstan or of that descent
  • Russian: каза́к (kazák) — a person from Kazakhstan or of that descent
  • Russian: каза́чка (kazáčka) — a person from Kazakhstan or of that descent
  • Russian: кирги́з (kirgíz) — a person from Kazakhstan or of that descent
  • Russian: кирги́зка (kirgízka) — a person from Kazakhstan or of that descent
  • Russian: киргѝз-кайса́к (kirgìz-kajsák) — a person from Kazakhstan or of that descent
  • Russian: киргѝз-кайса́чка (kirgìz-kajsáčka) — a person from Kazakhstan or of that descent
  • Spanish: kazajo — a person from Kazakhstan or of that descent
  • Swahili: Mkazaki — a person from Kazakhstan or of that descent
  • Swedish: kazak — a person from Kazakhstan or of that descent
  • Tajik: қазоқ (qazoq) — a person from Kazakhstan or of that descent
  • Tatar: казакъ (qazaq) — a person from Kazakhstan or of that descent
  • Turkish: Kazak — a person from Kazakhstan or of that descent
  • Ottoman Turkish: قزاق (Kazak) — a person from Kazakhstan or of that descent
  • Turkmen: gazak — a person from Kazakhstan or of that descent
  • Ukrainian: каза́х (kazáx) — a person from Kazakhstan or of that descent
  • Ukrainian: каза́шка (kazáška) — a person from Kazakhstan or of that descent
  • Uyghur: قازاق (qazaq) — a person from Kazakhstan or of that descent
  • Uzbek: qozoq — a person from Kazakhstan or of that descent
  • Uzbek: қозоқ (qozoq) — a person from Kazakhstan or of that descent
  • Written Oirat: ᡍᠠᠰᠠᡎ (xasag) — a person from Kazakhstan or of that descent
  • Xibe: ᡥᠠᠰᠠᡣ ᠨᡞᠶᠠᠯᠮᠠ (hasak niyalma) — a person from Kazakhstan or of that descent
  • Yakut: казах (kazaq) — a person from Kazakhstan or of that descent
  • Afrikaans: Kazaks — language
  • Afrikaans: Kazachs — language
  • Arabic: قَزَاقِيَّة (qazāqiyya) — language
  • Armenian: ղազախերեն (ġazaxeren) — language
  • Asturian: kazaquistanín — language
  • Asturian: kazakstanín — language
  • Asturian: kazaku — language
  • Catalan: kazakh — language
  • Cherokee: ᎧᏌᎧ (kasaka) — language
  • Chinese Mandarin: 哈薩克語 /哈萨克语 (hāsàkèyǔ) — language
  • East Circassian: казахыбзэ (kazaxəbzɛ) — language
  • Czech: kazaština — language
  • Danish: kasakhisk — language
  • Dutch: Kazachs — language
  • Esperanto: kazaĥo — language
  • Finnish: kazakki — language
  • French: kazakh — language
  • German: Kasachisch — language
  • Greek: καζακικά (kazakiká) — language
  • Hindi: कज़ाख़ (kazāx) — language
  • Hungarian: kazak — language
  • Hungarian: kazah — language
  • Irish: Casaicis — language
  • Italian: kazako — language
  • Japanese: カザフ語 (kazafugo) — language
  • Kazakh: қазақша (qazaqşa) — language
  • Kazakh: қазақ тілі (qazaq tılı) — language
  • Khmer: កាហ្សាក់ (kaazak) — language
  • Korean: 카자흐어 (kajaheueo) — language
  • Latvian: kazahu valoda — language
  • Latvian: kazahu — language
  • Manchu: ᡥᠠᠰᠠᡴ ᡤᡳᠰᡠᠨ (hasak gisun) — language
  • Navajo: Kʼazah dineʼé bizaad — language
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kasakhisk — language
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kasakhisk — language
  • Persian: قزاقی (qazâqi) — language
  • Persian: کزاخی (kazâxi) — language
  • Persian: زبان قزاقی (zabân-e qazâqi) — language
  • Polish: język kazachski — language
  • Portuguese: cazaque — language
  • Romanian: kazahă — language
  • Russian: каза́хский (kazáxskij) — language
  • Slovak: kazaština — language
  • Slovene: kazaščina — language
  • Swahili: Kikazaki — language
  • Swedish: kazakiska — language
  • Tajik: қазоқӣ (qazoqi) — language
  • Tajik: забони қазоқӣ (zaboni qazoqi) — language
  • Turkish: Kazakça — language
  • Uyghur: قازاقچە (qazaqche) — language
  • Uzbek: qozoqcha — language
  • Uzbek: қозоқча (qozoqcha) — language
  • Xibe: ᡥᠠᠰᠠᡣ ᡤᡞᠰᡠᠨ (hasak gisun) — language
Real reading context

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